Nita Ahuja

6.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Nita Ahuja is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Nita Ahuja has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Oncology, 21 papers in Molecular Biology and 13 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Nita Ahuja's work include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (18 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (16 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (10 papers). Nita Ahuja is often cited by papers focused on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (18 papers), Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (16 papers) and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (10 papers). Nita Ahuja collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Nita Ahuja's co-authors include Jean‐Pierre J. Issa, Stephen B. Baylin, Mutsumi Ohe-Toyota, M Toyota, Minoru Toyota, Mary P. Bronner, Teresa A. Brentnall, Katherine B. Chiappinelli, Cynthia A. Zahnow and Hariharan Easwaran and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Nita Ahuja

51 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Accelerated age-related CpG island methylation in ulcerative colitis.

2001 518 citations Jean‐Pierre J. Issa, Nita Ahuja et al. PubMed profile →
Patterns of PD-L1 expression and CD8 T cell infiltration in gastric adenocarcinomas and associated immune stroma

2016 359 citations Elizabeth D. Thompson, Marianna Zahurak et al. Gut profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nita Ahuja United States	24	2.0k	1.8k	855	661	649	55	3.9k
Tahseen Al‐Saleem United States	34	1.5k 0.8×	984 0.5×	557 0.7×	665 1.0×	1.6k 2.4×	119	3.7k
Margaret M. Steinhoff United States	34	874 0.4×	1.0k 0.6×	959 1.1×	545 0.8×	527 0.8×	77	3.9k
Oluwole Fadare United States	36	1.3k 0.6×	953 0.5×	746 0.9×	690 1.0×	1.0k 1.6×	255	4.7k
Vicky Makker United States	34	975 0.5×	1.9k 1.1×	592 0.7×	502 0.8×	953 1.5×	180	4.6k
Joseph T. Rabban United States	36	693 0.3×	706 0.4×	581 0.7×	497 0.8×	690 1.1×	116	3.5k
Frederik J. Hes Netherlands	38	1.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	1.8k 2.8×	451 0.7×	136	4.1k
Hyunseok Kang United States	28	772 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	1000 1.2×	277 0.4×	889 1.4×	102	3.4k
Alexander Yaw Fui Chung Singapore	33	883 0.4×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 1.3×	321 0.5×	851 1.3×	134	3.4k
Ian M. Frayling United Kingdom	31	998 0.5×	1.4k 0.8×	405 0.5×	1.9k 2.9×	414 0.6×	72	3.3k
Lauren L. Ritterhouse United States	26	686 0.3×	1.3k 0.7×	255 0.3×	638 1.0×	646 1.0×	69	2.8k

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Billingsley, Kevin G., et al.. (2025). Quality of gastrointestinal surgical oncology care according to insurance status. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 29(3). 101961–101961.

Sharma, Anup, et al.. (2025). Decoding the Epigenome: Comparative Analysis of Uterine Leiomyosarcoma and Leiomyoma. Cancers. 17(16). 2610–2610.

Das, Paromita, et al.. (2024). Translation of Epigenetics in Cell-Free DNA Liquid Biopsy Technology and Precision Oncology. Current Issues in Molecular Biology. 46(7). 6533–6565. 6 indexed citations

Ahuja, Nita, et al.. (2023). Role of colectomy in the management of appendiceal tumors: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Gastroenterology. 23(1). 398–398. 5 indexed citations

Ladel, Luisa, et al.. (2023). The Promise of Epigenetics Research in the Treatment of Appendiceal Neoplasms. Cells. 12(15). 1962–1962. 2 indexed citations

Chhoda, Ankit, Anup Sharma, Nensi M. Ruzgar, et al.. (2023). Utility of promoter hypermethylation in malignant risk stratification of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms. Clinical Epigenetics. 15(1). 28–28. 5 indexed citations

Chhoda, Ankit, Amar H. Sheth, Alyssa Grimshaw, et al.. (2022). Benefit of Extended Surveillance of Low-Risk Pancreatic Cysts After 5-Year Stability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 21(6). 1430–1446. 15 indexed citations

Sharma, Anup, Ankit Chhoda, Nensi M. Ruzgar, et al.. (2021). Methylation-based Cell-free DNA Signature for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer. Pancreas. 50(9). 1267–1273. 22 indexed citations

Baretti, Marina, Enusha Karunasena, Marianna Zahurak, et al.. (2021). A phase 2 trial of gemcitabine and docetaxel in patients with metastatic colorectal adenocarcinoma with methylated checkpoint with forkhead and ring finger domain promoter and/or microsatellite instability phenotype. Clinical and Translational Science. 14(3). 954–963. 7 indexed citations

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Smith, Katherine Clegg, Aishwarya Shukla, Amanda L. Blackford, et al.. (2021). Colorectal cancer survivorship care plans: Variations in documentation and posttreatment surveillance recommendations. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 125(4). 678–691. 4 indexed citations

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Bever, Katherine M., Dwayne L. Thomas, Jiajia Zhang, et al.. (2021). A feasibility study of combined epigenetic and vaccine therapy in advanced colorectal cancer with pharmacodynamic endpoint. Clinical Epigenetics. 13(1). 25–25. 18 indexed citations

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Kim, Victoria M., Kevin C. Soares, Nita Ahuja, et al.. (2020). Neoantigen-based EpiGVAX vaccine initiates antitumor immunity in colorectal cancer. JCI Insight. 5(9). 24 indexed citations

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Wang, Chao, et al.. (2019). MAPT promoter CpG island hypermethylation is associated with poor prognosis in patients with stage II colorectal cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

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Rubinstein, Jill C., Norman G. Nicolson, & Nita Ahuja. (2019). Next-generation Sequencing in the Management of Gastric and Esophageal Cancers. Surgical Clinics of North America. 99(3). 511–527. 7 indexed citations

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Hasan, Nesrin M. & Nita Ahuja. (2019). The Emerging Roles of ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Pancreatic Cancer. Cancers. 11(12). 1859–1859. 29 indexed citations

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Beaulieu, Robert J., et al.. (2018). Automated diagnosis of colon cancer using hyperspectral sensing. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery. 14(3). e1897–e1897. 26 indexed citations

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Thompson, Elizabeth D., Marianna Zahurak, Adrian Murphy, et al.. (2016). Patterns of PD-L1 expression and CD8 T cell infiltration in gastric adenocarcinomas and associated immune stroma. Gut. 66(5). 794–801. 359 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yi, Joo Mi, Hsing-Chen Tsai, Sabine C. Glöckner, et al.. (2008). Abnormal DNA Methylation of CD133 in Colorectal and Glioblastoma Tumors. Cancer Research. 68(19). 8094–8103. 115 indexed citations

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Meguid, Robert A., Nita Ahuja, & David C. Chang. (2008). What Constitutes a “High-Volume” Hospital for Pancreatic Resection?. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 206(4). 622e1–622e9. 66 indexed citations

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Toyota, M, Nita Ahuja, Hiromu Suzuki, et al.. (1999). Aberrant methylation in gastric cancer associated with the CpG island methylator phenotype.. PubMed. 59(21). 5438–42. 446 indexed citations

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